Another Monday Morning Rambling and A Perfect Wedding Gift

Another Monday Morning Rambling and A Perfect Wedding Gift

It is now 11 in the morning, and I think my brain has finally woken up to work. It took a cup of Neslo, and a few dunks of Oreo biscuit to get my brains cracking however. Lucky, with the office deserted today, I could afford the luxury of a slow start today. It’s a Monday morning in the last week of the year, and the office resembles the presence of the post-Hari Raya holidays. Many people are desperate to finish off their leaves before the new year... lucky sods.

I spent most of the weekend helping out at my aunt’s place to prepare for my cousin’s engagement, which took place yesterday. Come to think of it, it was only slightly more than a year ago when I got engaged to my wife. Wow, does time fly... more and more of my younger cousins are either getting engaged or married, and boy it makes me feel old. It is very easy for me to fall into nostalgic mode when I look at my nieces and nephews (all children of my cousins) and reminisce the days when my cousins and I were their age. Those were the days when we had little care in the world and the highlight of our lives were either birthday parties or family gatherings such as yesterday, where all the cousins would gather and we would play games like hide-and-seek or police sentry. Sigh... life was so simple then.

Talking about engagements and weddings, I received the following story from a friend this morning. I know now the perfect item to buy for a wedding gift... :-p.


> Suasana masih riuh di luar. Sanak saudara semuanya
> berkampung disini. Gelak ketawa, gurau senda jelas
> kedengaran. Aku memimpin isteriku ke dalam bilik
> pengantin. Suara-suara sumbang terlalu banyak yang
> menegurku.
>
> "Hai, malam masih muda, dah nak masuk tidur?" sapa
> Pak Ucu.
>
> "Orang muda bang Aji, biarlah. Air dah penuh kat
> kepala tu." sahut Pak Tam; disambut hilai ketawa sanak
> saudara yang lain.
>
> Meriah sungguh keadaan diluar walau jam sudah
> menunjukkan pukul 11.00 malam.
>
> Hadiah yang masih belum dibuka ku susun ke tepi.
> Lampu ku tutup. Merebah diri ke katil pengantin, aku
> menoleh ke arah isteriku.
>
> "Kita tidur dulu lah yer. Ramai sangat orang kat
> luar tu." Isteriku hanya mengangguk tanda setuju.
>
> Entah pukul berapa sekarang, aku pun tidak tahu.
> Keadaan di luar gelap gelita dan senyap sunyi. Tanda
> sanak saudaraku telah pulang dan keluargaku
> telah tidur.
>
> Jari jemariku lembut membelai rambutnya. Ku selak
> rambut ikal yang menutupi telinganya lalu membisikkan
> "Assalammualaikum!" ke telinganya untuk menguji
> isteriku.
>
> "Wa alaikummussalam." Rupanya isteriku masih belum
> tidur.
>
> Ku kucup pipi halusnya. Ku kucup dahinya yang mulus.
> Semerbak harumnya menusuk deria bauku. Akanku tunaikan
> tanggungjawabku sebagai suami malam ini. Jari-jemari
> ini terus membelai tubuhnya.
>
> Perasaanku tidak dapat dikawal
> lagi, namun...
>
> "Kringgggggggggggggg...."
>
> "Tik..tik..tik..tik..."
>
> "Kring..krong..kring..krong"
>
> "Tooott..Tooott...Toott"
>
> "Buzzzz....Buzzzzz..Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
>
> Bunyi-bunyi jam loceng entah dari mana memenuhi
> ruang bilikku. Terkejut dengan segala macam bunyi yang
> ada, aku membuka lampu. Serentak itu, terang
> benderang seluruh rumahku. Bunyi-bunyi ini telah
> berjaya membangunkan semua orang di rumahku.
>
> Aku mencari-cari punca bunyi-bunyi itu. Mataku
> terarah ke sekotak hadiah yang masih terbalut rapi.
> Aku buka dengan pantas dan di dalamnya terdapat 5
> buah jam loceng.
>
> Juga sekeping kad berbunyi...
>
> Selamat Pengantin Baru,
>
> Jangan gopoh-gopoh. Baru Pukul 2 pagi.
> Jangan maree.. kami potong stim...
>
> Dalam hatiku.. cilakak punya kengkawan. Potong stim
> betullah!!!
>
> TAMAT
>
> P/S:
> if 100 kengkawan bagi 10 jam loceng = 1000 jam loceng,
>
>
> 100 jam diset pukul 12.00malam
> 100 lagi diset pukul 1.00pagi
> 200 diset pukul 2.00pagi
> 200 diset pukul 3.00pagi
> 200 diset pukul 4.00pagi
> 100 diset pukul 5.00pagi
> 100 diset pukul 6.00pagi.
>
> Boleh haru biru rumah pengantin.... Tapi takpe boleh buka
> kedai jam lepas malam pertama.